Quotes About Senator

So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.

The American Dream is alive and well for some, but not all Americans. Here in South Carolina, rural hospitals are closing, schools are underfunded, and our coasts are threatened by offshore drilling. We need a Senator who's fighting to improve the lives of South Carolinians rather than focusing on interests in Washington D.C.

I believe in the people of our state and making sure the voices of the people of our state are heard in Washington. And that frankly stands in contrast to some of what we've seen out of Sen. Tillis.

I'm running because Hoosiers deserve a senator who makes promises here in Indiana and then keeps them in Washington.

One thing I will commit to the people of Ohio is, when I'm a U.S. senator and there's issues being debated in Washington, when I'm a U.S. senator they'll know exactly what my position is.

At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.

The truth is, he almost wasn't a senator at all. In 1972, shortly after his improbable victory, but before he took the oath of office, my father went to Washington to look at his new office space. My mom took us to go buy a Christmas tree. On the way home, we were in an automobile accident. My mom, Neilia, and my sister, Naomi, were killed.

Tillis has been weak on China since he got to Washington.

One can say Senator Sanders should have more explicit antiracist policy within his racial justice platform, not just more general stuff, and still cast a vote for Senator Sanders and still feel that Senator Sanders is the best option that we have in the race.

When I think about Sen. Collins, I think she might have been different from the other people in Washington when she was first elected but I have to ask is that still the case.

It brings me back to reality. The combine doesn't care if you're a senator or not. It breaks down whenever it wants to break down.

I feel very comfortable being compared to Sen. Sessions.

Sen. Akaka's care, empathy and compassion were evident to everyone who knew him.

I think Roosevelt had four terms, didn't he? I think we should go back to that, and we should go back to four years for a senator, four years for a congressman, and I think we'd see a huge change in our society.

I take my 'advice and consent' duty as a U.S. senator very seriously.

I can't take classified information that I get as a senator and give it to someone with no consequence.

Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election.

The white men on the Brinkley set were trying not to grin, like cheap lawyers at a ten-car pileup: Uh, did that mean Senator Dole didn't think all the facts were out? Didn't he believe the White House, that North and Poindexter were the only ones who knew? The Bobster dropped an eyebrow and rasped: "Aghh, don't think Ripley'd believe that.

Senator Jordan's only response had been made upon a single mimeographed sheet holding a single sentence. Distributed to all press agencies, it said: "How long will you let this man use you and trick you?" Senator

'Mr. President I am praying for you. 'Which way Senator?'

a pointed letter from Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson, from Washington State, a very powerful member of Congress and one who took special interest in military matters. Jackson had just returned from an Arctic tour with the air force and he got an idea while he was up there, surveying the intimidating ice pack. Would it be feasible, the senator wondered in his correspondence, to operate a nuclear-powered submarine beneath the ice?

a poker-rectumed pillar of the establishment [Marcus Corvinus on a Roman Senator]

Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.

Despite Sumner's vigorous opposition, the Senate, after an all-night debate, adopted a resolution introduced by Senator Oliver P. Morton of Indiana authorizing the commission, and the House followed suit.51